Shuqun Secondary School has investigated a viral video which shows their male student hitting and slapping other students in class, and said that he has been counselled and “deeply regrets his actions”.
In a video posted on the Facebook page of All Singapore Stuff on Monday (Sep 21) at 9.17am, a male student is seen hitting the head and face of another male student who was seated at his desk. Music can be heard playing the background and the victim did not react.
The alleged bully then took a book and hit the victim repeatedly on the head and did the same to another male student seated nearby. Both victims kept their heads down and did not retaliate.
All of the boys were wearing T-shirts that identified them as students of Shuqun Secondary School in Jurong.
Another male student is seen dancing on top of the teacher’s table while this was happening. No teacher was seen in the video.
The clip has been watched more than 152,000 times as of 3pm on Monday.
STUDENT ‘DEEPLY REGRETS’ HIS ACTIONS
When contacted by Channel NewAsia, Shuqun Secondary School said it “has investigated and is counselling the students involved”. “What might first begin as playfulness could potentially end up hurting others. The student involved has been counselled and he deeply regrets his actions.”
The school also said that it will “continue to work with the students involved on observing appropriate boundaries and behaviour in the future”. The parents of the students involved have been informed of the actions taken by the school.
Shuqun Secondary added: “The school takes all incidents of bullying seriously and has anti-bullying programmes to educate our students and dedicated Character and Citizenship Education lessons to help our students deal with such incidents.”
The school also confirmed that a teacher was present in class when the incident occurred. “The subject teacher was on childcare leave. There was an adjunct teacher in class when the incident happened last Friday. The school has since spoken to the teacher,” Shuqun Secondary said.
In a statement, the Ministry of Education (MOE) also said that it takes “a serious view of bullying in schools and does not condone such behaviour”.
“Schools will investigate and follow up on all cases of ill-discipline and bullying, and will provide counselling and guidance to the students involved,” an MOE spokesperson added.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
